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6. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the collection activity. 

7. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline identified 

under DATES. 

8. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

be sure to identify the docket ID number 

assigned to this action in the subject 

line on the first page of your response. 

You may also provide the name, date, 

and Federal Register citation. 

III. What Information Collection 

Activity or ICR Does this Action Apply 

to? 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this action include state and 

local government employers in the 25 

states, the District of Columbia, and 

certain other U.S. territories that have 

employees engaged in asbestos-related 

construction, custodial, and brake and 

clutch repair activities without the 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA)-approved state 

plans. 

Title: Reporting and Recordkeeping 

for Asbestos Abatement Worker 

Protection. 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1246.11, 

OMB Control No. 2070–0072. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on January 31, 

2011. An Agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information, 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. The OMB control 

numbers for EPA’s regulations in title 40 

of the Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR), after appearing in the Federal 

Register when approved, are listed in 40 

CFR part 9, are displayed either by 

publication in the Federal Register or 

by other appropriate means, such as on 

the related collection instrument or 

form, if applicable. The display of OMB 

control numbers for certain EPA 

regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR 

part 9. 

Abstract: EPA’s asbestos worker 

protection rule is designed to provide 

occupational exposure protection to 

state and local government employees 

who are engaged in asbestos abatement 

activities in states that do not have state 

plans approved by OSHA. The rule 

provides protection for public 

employees not covered by the OSHA 

standard from the adverse health effects 

associated with occupational exposure 

to asbestos. Specifically the rule 

requires state and local governments to 

monitor employee exposure to asbestos, 

take action to reduce exposure to 

asbestos, monitor employee health, and 

train employees about asbestos hazards. 

The rule includes a number of 

information reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. State and 

local government agencies are required 

to provide employees with information 

about exposures to asbestos and the 

associated health effects. The rule also 

requires state and local governments to 

notify EPA before commencing any 

asbestos abatement project. State and 

local governments must maintain 

medical surveillance and monitoring 

records and training records on their 

employees, must establish a set of 

written procedures for respirator 

programs, and must maintain 

procedures and records of respirator fit 

tests. EPA will use the information to 

monitor compliance with the asbestos 

worker protection rule. This request 

addresses these reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Responses to the collection of 

information are mandatory (see 40 CFR 

part 763, subpart G). Respondents may 

claim all or part of a notice confidential. 

EPA will disclose information that is 

covered by a claim of confidentiality 

only to the extent permitted by, and in 

accordance with, the procedures in 

TSCA section 14 and 40 CFR part 2. 

Burden statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 0.32 hours per 

response. Burden means the total time, 

effort, or financial resources expended 

by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

or disclose or provide information to or 

for a Federal agency. This includes the 

time needed to review instructions; 

develop, acquire, install, and utilize 

technology and systems for the purposes 

of collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; adjust the 

existing ways to comply with any 

previously applicable instructions and 

requirements which have subsequently 

changed; train personnel to be able to 

respond to a collection of information; 

search data sources; complete and 

review the collection of information; 

and transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of this estimate, which is 

only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 22,488. 

Frequency of response: On occasion; 

includes third-party notification. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 51. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

363,523 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$13,982,371. This includes an estimated 

burden cost of $13,982,371 and an 

estimated cost of $0 for capital 

investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

IV. Are There Changes in the Estimates 

from the Last Approval? 

There is a decrease of 40,228 hours in 

the total estimated respondent burden 

compared with that identified in the ICR 

currently approved by OMB. The 

principal reason for this decrease is 

because Illinois has adopted an OSHAapproved state plan since OMB last 

approved this information collection, 

reducing the number of affected states 

from 26 to 25 (and the District of 

Columbia). This in turn reduced the 

number of respondents subject to this 

information collection. This change is 

an adjustment. 

V. What is the Next Step in the Process 

for this ICR? 

EPA will consider the comments 

received and amend the ICR as 

appropriate. The final ICR package will 

then be submitted to OMB for review 

and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. EPA will issue another Federal 

Register notice pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the 

submission of the ICR to OMB and the 

opportunity to submit additional 

comments to OMB. If you have any 

questions about this ICR or the approval 

process, please contact the technical 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: July 7, 2010. 

Stephen A. Owens, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

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AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2003–0064; FRL–9174–7; 

EPA ICR No. 1287.10; OMB Control No. 

2040–0101] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Recognition Application for 

Sustainable Water Leadership Program 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

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U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document 

announces that an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) has been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval. This is a request to renew an 

existing approved collection. The ICR, 

which is abstracted below, describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its estimated burden and cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before August 12, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2003–0064, to (1) EPA online using 

http://www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by e-mail to owdocket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Water Docket, Mail 

Code: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 

OMB by mail to: Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), 

Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 

17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jason Bushta, Office of Water, Mail Code 

4204M, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 564–3067; e-mail address: 

bushta.jason@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On February 19, 2010 (75 FR 7476), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments. Any additional comments on 

this ICR should be submitted to EPA 

and OMB within 30 days of this notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OW–2003–0064, which is available 

for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Water Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 

Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 

telephone number for the Reading Room 

is 202–566–1744, and the telephone 

number for the Water Docket is 202– 

566–9744. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the docket, and 

to access those documents in the docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then 

key in the docket ID number identified 

above. Please note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing at http://www.regulations.gov 

as EPA receives them and without 

change, unless the comment contains 

copyrighted material, confidential 

business information (CBI), or other 

information whose public disclosure is 

restricted by statute. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to http://www.regulations.gov. 

Title: Recognition Application for 

Sustainable Water Leadership Program 

(Renewal). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1287.10, 

OMB Control No. 2040–0101. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on February 28, 2011. Under 

OMB regulations, the Agency may 

continue to conduct or sponsor the 

collection of information while this 

submission is pending at OMB. An 

Agency may not conduct or sponsor, 

and a person is not required to respond 

to, a collection of information, unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. The OMB control numbers for 

EPA’s regulations in title 40 of the CFR, 

after appearing in the Federal Register 

when approved, are listed in 40 CFR 

part 9, are displayed either by 

publication in the Federal Register or 

by other appropriate means, such as on 

the related collection instrument or 

form, if applicable. The display of OMB 

control numbers in certain EPA 

regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR 

part 9. 

Abstract: This Information Collection 

Request (ICR) calculates the burden and 

costs associated with the recognition 

application for the Sustainable Water 

Leadership Program, formerly the 

National Clean Water Act Recognition 

Awards Program and prior to that, the 

National Wastewater Management 

Excellence Awards Program. 

This voluntary program has been 

updated to reflect new industry 

practices consistent with EPA’s 

sustainable infrastructure initiatives and 

is authorized by Section 501(e) of the 

Clean Water Act (CWA). The 

Sustainable Water Leadership Program 

maintains elements from the previous 

Clean Water Act Recognition Awards 

Program, namely, excellence in 

operations and maintenance, biosolids, 

combined sewer overflows, 

pretreatment, and stormwater 

management, and also expands 

eligibility to community drinking water 

utilities and systems, as well as 

managed decentralized treatment 

systems (public or private). The 

development of the Sustainable Water 

Leadership Program is the latest 

evolution in EPA’s commitment to 

recognize and award outstanding and 

innovative utility management 

practices. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 20 hours per 

response. Burden means the total time, 

effort, or financial resources expended 

by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

or disclose or provide information to or 

for a Federal agency. This includes the 

time needed to review instructions; 

develop, acquire, install, and utilize 

technology and systems for the purposes 

of collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; adjust the 

existing ways to comply with any 

previously applicable instructions and 

requirements which have subsequently 

changed; train personnel to be able to 

respond to a collection of information; 

search data sources; complete and 

review the collection of information; 

and transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: Water 

Supply and Irrigation Systems, Sewage 

Treatment Facilities, Engineering 

Services, Refuse Systems, Colleges, 

Universities, Professional Schools, Air 

and Water Resource and Solid Waste 

Management. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

679. 

Frequency of Response: Biennially. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

13,574. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$614,919, includes no annualized 

capital or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 11,544 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This is due to changes and 

adjustments in the number and types of 

applicants eligible for recognition, 

which are expected to attract more 

applicants. Additionally, this ICR now 

encompasses burden hours for 

pretreatment awards which have until 

now been covered under a separate ICR 

for the National Pretreatment Program 

(OMB Control No. 2040–0009, EPA ICR 

No. 0002.14). 

Dated: July 6, 2010. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

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